What has been your biggest career challenge?

Relocating a 100-year-old public park in the heart of Kensington to support the regeneration of a quarter of London. This required close collaboration with the community and a large number of stakeholders as key decisions had to be made outside the site boundaries. This is when I started thinking about what makes communities successful parts of towns and cities. 

What would you change about the industry? 

There remains a fundamental lack of choice in our housing markets for accommodating changing family structures. It is important we pursue a mixed economy of housing that includes smaller dwellings but also options that enable families to live together longer should they wish to do so. We have achieved this at Chobham Manor in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, with the creation of the first multigenerational home. 

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